TABLE-Czech Jan jobless rate rises m/m to 7.9 pct

    The Czech unemployment rate rose to 7.9 
percent of the workforce in January from 7.7 percent a month 
earlier, the Labour Ministry said on Thursday in the release of 
the data under EU-harmonised methodology. 
    The January figure was below the 8.0 percent forecast of 
analysts polled by Reuters  . 
     
CZECH UNEMPLOYMENT           JAN 07       DEC 06       JAN 06 
 pct of workforce             7.9          7.7          9.2 
 number of available 
  jobless                   434,940      421,286      498,630 
 total number of jobless    465,458      448,545      531,235 
     
    NOTE. The number of available jobless shows how many people 
registered as unemployed by labour offices are able to start 
work shortly. The total number of jobless is for all jobless 
registered by labour offices. 
    The data is calculated in line with the methodology used by  
Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency. 
     
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
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